Categorization of Railway Stations

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Government of India
Ministry of Railways
21-March-2018 17:32 IST

Criteria for categorisation of stations have been revised w.e.f. November, 2017. As per the new categorization, both number of footfalls and passenger earnings of stations have been taken into account for categorization of stations.

The stations have been clubbed into 3 groups i.e. Non-suburban (NSG), Suburban (SG) and Halt (HG). Further these groups have been put in grades ranging from 1-6, 1-3 and 1-3 respectively.

Category of stations	Criteria of Proposed Earnings	Criteria of Proposed outward Passengers handled@
NON SUBURBAN STATIONS
NSG 1	More than 500 Crore	More than 20 Million
NSG 2	More than 100 crore, less than or equal to 500 Crore	More than 10 Million, less than or equal to 20 Million
NSG 3	More than 20 Crore, less than or equal to 100 Crore	More than 05 Million, less than or equal to 10 Million
NSG 4	More than 10 Crore, less than or equal to 20 Crore	More than 02 Million, less than or equal to 05 Million
NSG 5	More than 01 Crore, less than or equal to 10 Crore	More than 01 Million, less than or equal to 02 Million
NSG 6	less than or equal to 01 Crore	less than or equal to 01 Million
SUBURBAN STATIONS
SG 1	More than 25 Crore	More than 30 Million
SG 2	More than 10 Crore, less than or equal to 25 Crore	More than 10 Million, less than or equal to 30 Million
SG 3	less than or equal to 10 Crore	less than or equal to 10 Million
HALT STATIONS
HG 1	More than 50 lakh	More than 03 lakh
HG 2	More than 05 lakh, less than or equal to 50 lakh	More than 01 lakh, less than or equal to 03 lakh
HG 3	less than or equal to 05 lakh	less than or equal to 01 lakh

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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